SBI celebrates its 66th Bank Day
Bhubaneswar: The State Bank of India, Bhubaneswar Circle celebrated its 66th Bank Day ceremony across the State on Thursday. Felicitation of doctors and donation of dry food items to the needy marked the celebrations. The SBI Bhubaneswar Circle donated rations to Sree Sree Ma Anand Ashram, Damana and Jara Niwas, GGP Colony, Rasulgarh. Circle CGM Ruma Dey handed over the ration kits.
Jharsuguda CA Branch holds foundation day
Jharsuguda: The Jharsuguda CA Branch celebrated its 73rd foundation day on Thursday. The flag was hoisted by branch chairman Manish Shah, who motivated the fellow members to unlearn, learn and relearn as the laws are dynamic. Jharsuguda airport Director Kishore Senapati was a guest. Later, the Utkal Regional Marwari Conference and the CA Branch jointly organised a massive tree plantation programme, in which DFO Lalit Patra was a guest.
Vedanta conducts vaccination camps in J’suguda
Jharsuguda: The Vedanta Ltd on Thursday organised two Covid vaccination camps at Maa Samaleshwari Nagar and a school for differently-abled children here where 200 people were vaccinated. This month, Vedanta also conducted a mega vaccination camp under the Vedanta Cares drive to cover all employees, business partners and their families where more than 14,500 people were vaccinated. “At Vedanta, the wellbeing of all our employees, business partners and their families is of paramount importance. The Vedanta Cares drive, which is one of the largest in corporate India, aims to ensure 100% vaccination of everyone in our ecosystem,” said CEO CN Singh.
Pristyn Care opens branch in BBSR
Bhubaneswar: The Pristyn Care, a healthcare startup focused on surgery technology, announced its presence in Bhubaneswar. The company successfully ventured in performing general surgery (laser & laparoscopy), urology procedures, vascular surgeries besides regularly investing in up-skilling and training. It has trained over 200 surgeons to equip them with latest technologies such as diode lasers and staplers, single-port or mini-port laparoscopy kits, 3D meshes and tackers, microdebriders and coblators and implants. The company now has presence in 23 small towns apart from top metros.
Lightning kills man; his wife serious in Gajapati
Paralakhemundi: A man, B Janardan, was killed and his wife Purna was seriously injured when lightning struck them while they were working in their farmland at Tatipeti village under the Gurandi police station in Gajapati district on Thursday.
VSS residents concerned over rising thefts
BHUBANESWAR: Members of the VSS Nagar Unnayan Parishad at an executive meeting have expressed concern over the increasing thefts and lack of several civic facilities in the locality even after the 30 years of the establishment of the housing complex. Chairing the meeting, Parishad president Krupasindhu Sahu said a delegation would meet the police administration seeking redressal of the problems. The meeting was apprised by Parishad general secretary Dillip Dsashsharma that because of the initiatives of the Parishad, a sewerage system was put in place after consultations with WATCO, JAICA and L&T. Besides, an attempt has been made to ensure lighting arrangements on the rail over-bridge, provision of equipments in the dispensary and connecting the road to Lakshmi Vihar. While treasurer Maheswar Biswal presented the financial statement, the annual election and general body meeting were deferred for a year.
S’garh dhaba worker dies in tusker attack
SUNDARGARH: A man was killed by an elephant in Koira Forest Range of Sundargarh district in the wee hours on Wednesday. Sources said that at around 5 am, an elephant from a four-member herd strayed into Sankhapada village and entered into a dhaba. While the pachyderm went into a damaging spree inside the dhaba, it attacked a man who was a staff of the dhaba and was sleeping there. The man identified as Bhimsen Naik(60), a native of Anandpur of Kenojhar district, was seriously injured and later succumbed to his injuries. A forest squad from the Koira range seized the body and sent the same for post mortem. Forest officials are now keeping a watch on the elephant herd. “The family members of deceased Bhimsen reached here after getting information about his death.